LIE OF THE WEEK: 09-14-2007
Senator Barack Obama on holding Iraq War hearings on September 11, 2007:
"I have to say, and this hasn't been commented on, I think that we should not have had this discussion on 9/11 or 9/10 or 9/12. Because I think it perpetuates this notion that, somehow, the original decision to go into Iraq was directly related to the attacks on 9/11."
THE TRUTH: This ridiculous assertion has no basis in reality. It is very true that the Bush Administration has abused the memory of the events of 9/11/2001 to achieve their poorly devised goals and continues to do so to this very day. However, delaying the critically needed discussions (which are finally showing that the "surge" has actually been totally useless in achieving any meaningful political changes in Iraq and that the Bush war strategy continues to be a complete failure) to avoid them happening on the 9/11 anniversary will just lead to the shedding of more blood and the wasting of more resources. Trying to show that the Bush Administration falsely links 9/11 to Iraq is not helped by using false connections like this. There is ample evidence of their deceptive behavior without having to resort to concocting linkages like this.
"I have to say, and this hasn't been commented on, I think that we should not have had this discussion on 9/11 or 9/10 or 9/12. Because I think it perpetuates this notion that, somehow, the original decision to go into Iraq was directly related to the attacks on 9/11."
THE TRUTH: This ridiculous assertion has no basis in reality. It is very true that the Bush Administration has abused the memory of the events of 9/11/2001 to achieve their poorly devised goals and continues to do so to this very day. However, delaying the critically needed discussions (which are finally showing that the "surge" has actually been totally useless in achieving any meaningful political changes in Iraq and that the Bush war strategy continues to be a complete failure) to avoid them happening on the 9/11 anniversary will just lead to the shedding of more blood and the wasting of more resources. Trying to show that the Bush Administration falsely links 9/11 to Iraq is not helped by using false connections like this. There is ample evidence of their deceptive behavior without having to resort to concocting linkages like this.
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